Quantification of side‐effects of beta‐adrenoceptor blockers using visual analogue scales.
Open Access
- 1 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Vol. 18 (3) , 325-330
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.1984.tb02471.x
Abstract
We have devised a series of visual analogue scales (VAS) to measure the side‐effects prevalent amongst hypertensive patients taking beta‐ adrenoceptor blockers, and we present the results of a pilot study. These show that the method is suitable for studying side‐effects and suggest that patients on beta‐adrenoceptor blockers experience a greater incidence of tiredness of the legs, (P = 0.001), cold digits (P = 0.005) and vivid dreaming (P = 0.01) when compared to hypertensive patients not taking beta‐adrenoceptor blockers.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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